From ants to embryos: applying mathematical modelling to biological systems, a talk by Dr Louise Dyson (University of Manchester)
Abstract
How do ant colonies make decisions? Despite the name, the queen ant is no tyrant. Instead, each individual ant makes decisions about their own behaviours, based on the information they can gather themselves. How do these individual decisions lead to a good choice for the whole population? We will discuss how mathematical modelling can be used to explore how the behaviours of individuals can give rise to group behaviours with two applications: decision-making in ant colonies and the collective motion of cells required for embryo formation.
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